Missouri's medical marijuana market draws thousands of applications

A rush of applicants - including several prominent multistate operators - are vying for plant-touching licenses in Missouri's highly anticipated medical marijuana market. More than 2,200 applications were submitted for only 338 cultivation, manufacturing and dispensary licenses in the state, where annual sales could eventually reach $300 million. However, businesses were not restricted to submitting a single application. On average across all plant-touching sectors, applications submitted per ...